Women In Astronomy

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Crosspost: Woman On A Mission: How This Fil-Am Engineer Rose Through The Ranks At NASA

By Christina M. Oriel, for Asian Journal


"I REALLY wasn’t interested in space," confesses Josephine Santiago-Bond... The Filipina-American engineer never anticipated that her experiences would culminate in a career revolving around missions and exploration in outer space.

It was 15 years ago when Santiago-Bond first landed an internship at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Photo Credit: NASA Public Affairs
Today, she’s the head of the Advanced Engineering Development Branch at the center, a division she helped create that extends engineering support to the agency’s various missions in space, on Earth and other planets.


Read more about her life and career trajectory at

https://www.asianjournal.com/.../woman-on-a-mission-how.../

 


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